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341. Catheter Care and Maintenance Quiz Key | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/education-bundles/indwelling-urinary-catheter-use/quiz-key.html
     March 01, 2017 - Gloves should always be worn when handling an indwelling urinary catheter, accessing the drainage system … should always be performed both before and after any contact with the resident, handling an indwelling urinary … Indwelling urinary catheters and drainage bags should not be changed at routine, fixed intervals. … ANSWER: Joe should always perform hand hygiene and wear gloves before touching and assessing indwelling urinary … Also, Joe should also always perform hand hygiene after touching and assessing indwelling urinary catheters

342. Slide 1 (ppt file)
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     July 01, 2013 - “Also, urinary catheters cause urinary infections which could spread to your blood and lead to a longer … “Urinary catheters can tend to limit your movement in bed and in your room. … “Before we did not know how harmful urinary catheters can be.” … contract, “National Implementation of Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to Reduce Catheter-Associated … Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI), project number HHSA290201000025I/HHSA29032001T, Task Order #1.”

343. Peterson Regional Medical Center Uses AHRQ's CUSP and Hospital Survey to Advance Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2014 - Kerrville, TX, is using AHRQ's Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to eliminate central-line associated … and leadership to address other patient safety issues such as falls prevention, medication safety, urinary … tract infection, and pressure ulcers.  

344. Team Functioning | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2022 - and Spreading CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention Beyond the Unit (PDF, 347 KB) Making It Work – Managing Urinary … CLABSI and CAUTI (PDF, 429.7 KB) Making It Work – Engaging Senior Leaders in Preventing Healthcare Associated

345. Part One: Traditional Practice and Recommendations for Change | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2020 - Urinary catheter practices in US emergency departments (unpublished data). … Emergency care is team driven, but it is often the nurse who suggests the need for an indwelling urinary … "To Foley or Not to Foley: Emergency Nurses' Perceptions of Clinical Decision Making in the Use of Urinary … Is it related to the urinary tract? … Rather, nurse respondents reported that they knew the patient no longer needed a urinary catheter, but

346. 7.  Appendix C: Additional Tables by Topic Area | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2024 - identify diagnoses at risk for diagnostic error in ambulatory care settings and the EHR use errors associated … which parental factors (such their own health care receipt and burden of disease) are most strongly associated … and facilitators to treatments across patient groups, quantifies disparities in treatment patterns associated … Implementing Telemedicine to Improve Appropriate Antibiotic Prescribing  for Acute Respiratory Tract … Implementing Telemedicine to Improve Appropriate Antibiotic Prescribing for  Acute Respiratory Tract

347. Antibiotic Stewardship: Case Study Worksheet | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - Valerie has a history of frequent urinary tract infections (UTI).

348. Why Should Your Practice Focus on Improving Antibiotic Prescribing? – Facilitator Guide (doc file)
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     September 01, 2022 - However, all antibiotics, whether necessary or not, are associated with risks. … is important to consider the potential side effects associated with the antibiotic. … Her PCP sends a urinalysis and a urine culture in case her symptoms are related to a urinary tract infection … presentation titled “Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary … Tract Infections,” it is not uncommon for postmenopausal women to have pyuria and bacteriuria without

349. Guide to Implementing and Sustaining a Program To Prevent CLABSI and CAUTI in the Intensive Care Unit Setting (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2022 - that enhance previous Comprehensive Unit- based Safety Program (CUSP) resources to reduce central line-associated … bloodstream infection (CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) in the hospital … Alternative to Indwelling Urinary Catheters – review when alternatives to indwelling urinary catheters … access to the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) healthcare-associated … These tools help define the cost associated with HAI, though cost determination can be a complex process

350. Major Study Finds Significant National Patient Safety Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2022 - Examples of the events included adverse medication events such as those associated with the use of insulin … or anticoagulants, infections such as central line-associated bloodstream infections and catheter-associated … urinary tract infections, and post-procedure events such as those associated with hip joint or knee … AHRQ’s patient safety efforts , including its Healthcare-Associated Infections Program and implementation

351. Methods | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2013 - National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Report, data summary for 2010, device-associated module. … Introducing a population-based outcome measure to evaluate the effect of interventions to reduce catheter-associated … urinary tract infection. … Reporting catheter-associated urinary tract infections: denominator matters.

352. Presentation: Tools for Sustainability: Premortem and Scorecard
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     January 01, 2017 - Adaptive CUSP Technical Ventilator-Associated Events (VAE) Prevention Sustainability Tools ‹ … North Carolina Prevent Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections Collaborative. 2010. … North Carolina Prevent Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections Collaborative. 2010. Klein G.

353. 4 Tk2 T2-Antibiotic Pocket Cards (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2014 - No. 14-0011-3-EF May 2014 ● HAIs Healthcare- Associated Infections PREVENT … No. 14-0011-3-EF May 2014 HAIs Healthcare- Associated Infections PREVENT w … No. 14-0011-3-EF May 2014 ● HAIs Healthcare- Associated Infections PREVENT … Nonspecific symptoms or signs not referable to the urinary tract, such as falls or mental status change … No. 14-0011-3-EF May 2014 HAIs Healthcare- Associated Infections PREVENT w

354. Preventing CAUTI: What to Do When it’s Time for Plan B (November 4, 2014) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - I’m going to talk in general terms about catheter associated urinary tract infection and how to prevent … associated infections. … That’s our basic approach to preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infection especially focusing … urinary tract infection. … urinary tract infection the answer is no.

355. The End of the Public Health Emergency Refocuses the Urgency to Improve Healthcare Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2023 - Rates increased for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections (37 percent), central-line associated … bloodstream infections (60 percent), and catheter-associated urinary tract infections (19 percent).

356. Building a Team and Process to Reduce CAUTI Risk (April 8, 2015) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - And one of them would be urological or surgeries that are close to that urinary tract. … to the urinary tract. … So, the question is triggered: Does the patient have a urinary catheter? … Wound care nurses, we talked about, the pressure associated with the Foley catheter is helping. … So, an infection for that chance is, of course, a catheter-associated urinary tract infection, inappropriate

357. Community Health Workers (Promotores de Salud) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     infecciones y el uso de antibióticos) Spanish-language resources for educating patients about healthcare-associated … 201 KB) Faringitis estreptocócica  (Strep Throat) (PDF, 226 KB) Infección de las vías urinarias  (Urinary … Tract Infections) (PDF, 250 KB) Community Tools and Resources (Recursos y herramientas para la comunidad

358. Toolkit 3. Minimum Criteria for Common Infections Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2017 - prescribing for the three infections where antibiotics are most frequently prescribed in nursing homes: (1) urinary … tract infections (UTIs), (2) lower respiratory tract infections, and (3) skin and soft tissue infections … Suspected UTI SBAR ( PDF )  Suspected Lower Respiratory Tract Infection SBAR ( PDF )  Suspected Skin … For UTIs, lower respiratory tract infections, and skin and soft tissue infections, a form should be used

359. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2013 - Results Outcome and Process Measures Culture Measures Conclusions Healthcare-associated … Department of Health and Human Services' National Action Plan to Prevent Health Care-Associated Infections … effort to promote the use of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to prevent catheter-associated … urinary tract infection (CAUTI) in U.S. hospitals.

360. Sustaining Change | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - B’s urinary catheter? Change it to an antimicrobial coated catheter. … contract, “National Implementation of Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to Reduce Catheter-Associated … Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI), project number HHSA290201000025I/HHSA29032001T, Task Order #1.”